Her Captive, His Love

Chapter Seventeen

Ever since i woke up John Paul has been more than a shadow, now hes becoming a pain and not in a good way,i cant do any thing to him am this fragile creature that a mere calabash can break me, a not complaining but for the gods sake am a warrior the top and best female warrior on land but here i am treated like a mere new born child. i cant even stand on my own two legs i get carried around am no longer in charge of my warriors since they take command from him , talk about being the queen literally.

Today will mark three market days and two dark nights ever since the incident with my father, we are to meet for cleansing rituals to remove the enmity between the two kingdoms my fathers and I. The cleansing ritual takes place at the Mvuke springs that are a sacred ground and a neutral ground for all kingdoms.We have to go through sambaza shrine, of all the shrines its the trickiest and the worst shrine to go through, heres why. When you go through it what ever you think about or your intentions are they come to life, think of yourself as a mouse and just like that you become a mouse till you cross it, the better part is it doesn't kill you it only takes you through a maze. 

Am at the elders stamp where the preparations are done, basically am to be covered in wolfs blood, drink sheep blood and smeared by a snakes poop on my head where they get that i have no idea but its not impossible to the elders, they can get you a frogs milk anyway, i now smell like a cow shade with mixture of rotten eggs and grass, in the ritual both my father and i are to reconcile, am i ready to? yes, as long as he accepts my chosen. Am i ready to let go of the grudge i do am not sure if Nyati will let down his guard.

As we start our journey the elders and the medicinal men begin their chants, as we go by they kept encouraging us to move with the spirit of peace and always think of positive thoughts.the shrine came into sight and we opted for the south entrance its easier to go through that than all the other entrances some have hallucination pollen that can give you hell.I could feel John at my back and ready to lift me but one of the elders told him not to, as we headed deeper i could feel my body getting lighter it felt like i was begin to get into a trance, all of a sudden i hear a roar and what felt like a stampede. Mazi's daughter began to glow she was more golden with a crown on her head and what looked like swords on her little hands, you could tell what she desired to be a queen that was a warrior just like i was. Then a creature stood before it looked like a Buffalo with a lions mane and its body was stripped like a tiger and its legs looked like an elephant you could tell what that could represent no one other than my father. Mmhhph! what an emtrance.

"Hello Nyati, great entrance long time no see" I  told it

"Trade carefully daugher am still your father,Nyati is not a little girls name to familiarize me with," it roared.

"Am not the one who disowned you father you did that out of your pathetic pride and shame, i thought i was your favorite" I taunted

"You still are my favorite you inherited all from me even your stubbornness none of my children has ever stood against me,"  the creature said as it lowered its head."i see you are still with that abomination i can smell him all over you. "

"You will never change will you? yes am with him  but that's snakes poop you are smelling old man , you must be aging fast" i  said.

" i miss you/ i missed us" the creature said, as it moved towards me at a distance hand like wings engulfed me and my people it was more of a shield from my fathers creature. I slowly turned tracing the wings and the seemed to come from John Paul they seemed ticklish since everyone was giggling but then there was a scream and a loud roar followed and it seemed familiar since it was pleading.

"Sister could you tell your man to stop with the spikes they hurt more than an arrow or a spear." I heard my brother Tembo's familiar voice then you may know why the roar followed.